Rock cycle in chocolate labpart of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Activities This lab activity simulates the rock cycle with a piece of chocolate instead of actual rock. Students melt, crystallize, erode, lithify and metamorphose a single small block of chocolate. Along the way students ...

Emergent Models in Google Earthpart of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Activities This is one sample of a set of emergent models we are developing for use with Google Earth. Students use the Google Earth time-slider to lift 3D models of the subsurface into view. They can substitute their own ...

Groundwater Labpart of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Activities This lab uses "ant farm" groundwater models to demonstrate groundwater flow and the behavior of wells. The lab is organized so that students have to predict the behavior of the model before observing it.

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Runaway Greenhouse Effect Exercisepart of Role Playing:Examples This site has a collection of role-playing exercises that provide the students with equations and data to use in collaborative problem-solving. -

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Teaching the nitrogen cycle and human health interactionspart of Cutting Edge:Topics:Geology and Human Health:Workshop 04:Activities This activity uses objects, pictures, and text in a matching game to define the nitrogen cycle and the environmental and human health impacts of nitrogen. The game can be used to associate useful and detrimental ...

The Modern Atmospheric CO2 Recordpart of Teaching with Data:Examples Students compare carbon dioxide (CO2) data from Mauna Loa Observatory, Barrow (Alaska), and the South Pole over the past 40 years to help them better understand what controls atmospheric CO2. -

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Understanding the Carbon Cycle: A Jigsaw Approachpart of Cutting Edge:Topics:Climate Change:Activities In this "jigsaw" exercise, each student is assigned one of five geochemical processes in the carbon cycle to research, fully understand, and then explain to others in groups of five. At the end of class ...